Spaniolas, Konstantinos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3798-9591
Nie, Lizhou
Moller, Daryn
Tatarian, Talar
Hesketh, Anthony
Yang, Jie
Docimo, Salvatore
Bates, Andrew
Gan, Tong J.
Pryor, Aurora
Funding for this research was provided by:
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Article History
Received: 30 March 2020
Revised: 15 June 2020
Accepted: 17 June 2020
First Online: 25 June 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Ms. Nie and Drs. Moller, Tatarian, Hesketh, Yang, and Bates have nothing to disclose. Dr. Gan reports personal fees from Merck, Mallinckrodt, Edwards, Acacia, and Medtronic, outside the submitted work. Dr. Docimo reports personal fees from Boston Scientific, outside the submitted work. Dr. Spaniolas reports grants from SSAT Foundation, during the conduct of the study, grants from Merck, and personal fees from Biom’up and Gore, outside the submitted work. Dr. Pryor reports grants from Baranova and Obalon and personal fees from Merck, Medtronic, Gore, Ethicon, and Stryker, outside the submitted work.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.